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Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a wholly ... Impact on astronomy
A trail of Starlink satellites appears in the night sky five days after its launch. ... it's unclear what the impact of SpaceX's Starlink plans will be. Read the original article on Business Insider.
Qianfan (Chinese: 千帆星座; pinyin: Qiānfān xīngzuò; lit. 'Thousand Sails Constellation'), [1] officially known as the Spacesail Constellation [2] and also referred to as G60 Starlink, [3] is a planned Chinese low-Earth orbit satellite internet megaconstellation to create a system of worldwide internet coverage.
A satellite internet constellation is a constellation of artificial satellites providing satellite internet service.In particular, the term has come to refer to a new generation of very large constellations (sometimes referred to as megaconstellations [1]) orbiting in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide low-latency, high bandwidth internet service. [2]
The researchers noted that, in just more than five years, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink service has launched more than 6,000 units that now make up 60 percent of all satellites.
The launch marked 23 flights for the first-stage booster, a reusable booster used for Falcon9 and other Starlink launch vehicles, and the 15th Starlink mission, said SpaceX.
Adam Del Rosso interviewed AccuWeather's astronomy expert Brian Lada about the SpaceX Starlink mission.
It was closed down when its funding was withdrawn by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council in 2005. In 2006, the Joint Astronomy Centre released its own updated version of Starlink and took over maintenance; the task was passed again in mid-2015 to the East Asian Observatory. The latest version was released on 2018 July 19.